Best picture
"The Departed"

Actor
Forest Whitaker, "The Last King of Scotland"

Actress
Helen Mirren, "The Queen"

Supporting actor
Djimon Hounsou, "Blood Diamond"

Supporting actress
Jennifer Hudson, "Dreamgirls"

Director
Martin Scorsese, "The Departed"

Screenplay (Original or Adapted)
Jason Reitman, "Thank You For Smoking"

Cinematography
Emmanuel Lubezki, "Children of Men"

Film editing
Thelma Schoonmaker, "The Departed"

Score
Thomas Newman, "The Good German"

Song
"Ordinary Miracle," David Stewart and Glen Ballard, "Charlotte's Web," performed by Sarah McLachlan

Family film
"Charlotte's Web"

Documentary
"An Inconvenient Truth"

Animated film
"Monster House"

Foreign film
"Pan's Labyrinth"

Costume design
"Marie Antoinette"

Art direction
"Marie Antoinette"

Best Visual Effects
"XMen- The Last Stand"

Youth In Film
Abigail Breslin, "Little Miss Sunshine"

DVD (Packaging, Design and Content)
"Superman Ultimate Collectors Edition" (Warner Home Entertainment)

William Holden Lifetime Achievement Award
Peter O'Toole

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Wow, Forest is dominating.

And Mirren. And Hudson. And Hounsou wasn't too shocking.

If Hounsou gets Oscar nominated for that blah performance in that shitty movie, I'm going to shit my pants in agony.

And Jesus....ANYONE but Whitaker.

I'm going to ask again.

What do you like?

I want to go on record as saying that of the last 85 years of filmmaking, this has been the worst. Moviegoing has never been so disheartening. I still can't make a Top 10 list (after all, you have to like 10 movies!). 10 Worst list...THAT, I can do. The sad thing is...I'm not that hard to please. Really.

That said, The Departed and The Queen are easily the two best films of the year. And The Prestige was superb, I thought. So was Casino Royale, of all things.

A Prairie Home Companion and Monster House were also delightful.

American Dreamz and The Break-Up were pretty good, too.

I have no idea the exact number, but i've seen plenty. No more or less than an average year. Most importantly, I've seen everything I've wanted to see, except Babel and Marie Antionette. But there are still some hopefully good movies yet to reach me; Notes on a Scandal, Dreamgirls, The Good German, Venus, Children of Men, Pan's Labyrinth...



Jesus! You're drunk! I can say without hyperbole or pause that those are two of the worst moviegoing experiences of my life. Who's typing that, you or Jim Beam?

I knew you'd like that.

Sounds to me like Yoshue is a drama queen.

Peace,
Mike.

HAHAHA!

I thought those particular choices were suspicious. But you forgot Blood Diamond, The Omen and Stranger Than Fiction. Winners, all!

Marie Antoinette is the only highlight for me. The rest is just boring...

I really don't mind Mirren dominating the Actress category because I think she deserves it. Maybe they could throw in a little Meryl or Cruz here and there but it's not that big a deal.

I'm starting to get really annoyed by Whittaker's wins though. I don't like him in the lead category no less winning it constantly.

As for Yoshue's commenst about thie year being lackluster...

I wouldn't exactly agree but so far I've never felt so much indifference towards what seems to be buolding up as my top 10.
There have been only a handful of solid films this year. No real standouts at all and alot of B+/A- efforts.